Tirupati: Left students bodies stage rally against CAA, NRC, NPR

Tirupati: Intensifying the stir against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA), various youth associations including DYFI (Democratic Youth Federation of India), SFI (Students Federation of India), AISF (All India Students Federation) and YSR Congress Party Youth Wing took out a massive rally in the pilgrim city on Wednesday from Idga maidan (SV University area).

The youth holding national flags and banners marched on the streets, raising anti-BJP and anti-Modi slogans and demanded the Centre to scrap CAA and also withdraw NCR and NPR.

The rally concluded at RDO office covering en route Pakasam Road, Gandhi Road, Rayalacheruvu road and Annamaya circle.

Addressing the gathering at RDO office, DYFI State secretary Surya Rao alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wants to implement his divisive and communal policies threatening the unity and integrity of the country.

He said that the BJP government was deliberately brought CAA to divide the people on communal lines for its political interests and vowed that the nationwide struggle would continue till the Modi government withdraw the anti-Constitutional CAA.

DYFI State secretary Surya Rao demanded the Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy to pass a resolution in the Assembly seeking the Centre to withdraw CAA, NPR and NCR to protect the interests of Muslims.

DYFI district secretary and YRSCP Youth wing state secretary Imam accused the BJP government of unleashing a reign of terror against minorities in the country and warned that crores of people would be deprived of their citizenship if NRC and NPR were implemented.

They criticised Modi for remaining unmoved despite people took to streets nationwide opposing the CAA and said that the BJP will pay dearly if it did not eschew from implementing draconian laws like CAA, NRC and NPR.